News round-up: NHS spending faces ‘tax or axe’ warning

The NHS faces the biggest squeeze on its funding since it was founded in 1948, despite pledges by Labour and the Conservatives to spare health from spending cuts in the next parliament, two of Britain’s leading thinktanks have warned.Read this story in The Guardian

Youth unemployment rate to top Cabinet’s agenda

An emergency package of measures to combat unemployment among young people will be drawn up by the Cabinet this week in an attempt to prevent a “lost generation” being created by the recession.Read this story in The Independent

Sexually abused children in postcode lottery for therapy

Children who suffer traumatic sexual abuse are not being given the chance to recover because of a shortage of therapy services, a charity says. Read this story in The Times

Management of Broadmoor high security hospital criticised after deaths

Deaths at Broadmoor high security hospital and other institutions will be linked to management failures in a highly critical report this week.

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